Statik Selektah - Extended Play (2013)
Statik Selektahs across-the-board industry presence has yielded more than a handful of releases like Extended Play. In a lot of ways, not unlike his weekly radio show on Eminems Sirius XM station Shade 45 or his current duty as Pro Eras in-house deejay, Statiks compilation approach to these types of solo outings acts as a simply-defined platform for as much rapping as possible.
Still, the album, his second full-length with NYC-label Duck Down (and in concert with his own Showoff Records), isnt just a brash amalgam of Statiks rolodex,as there are some obviously meaningful placements throughout. Both of the lead singles noticeably bridge a generational gap in enlisting a younger emcee aside established veterans. In the case of Birds Eye View,the albums obvious crown-jewel, Joey Bada** holds down the middle portion of a song kicked off by an emcee more than twice his age in Raekwon. The songs basic loop is built out of a chipmunk soul, sped up vocal sample. And while Joeys verse is delivered to good effect, Black Thoughts anchor stands apart as a show stopping display of carefully practiced lyricism and effortless dominance,with the following, Its the elephant in the room / Created by a collision of the sun and the moon / My sonogram was an image of a gun in the womb / That was soon to be doper than heroin in the spoon / Im astonishing / Honestly, my futures looking promising / As my skin tone and a crystal clean onyx is / Darker thoughts let the beats break like the Amishs / Im a stroke of genius like Mickalene Thomas is.
The albums other single and accompanying hook, 21 And Over, is clearly partly tongue-in-cheek given Mac Millers recently passing the milestone and the Pro Era crews appearance elsewhere. This collaboration, an in-your-face intersection of oddball new wave and gritty complacency in Mac Miller and Sean Price respectively, is ironically more likely to introduce Millers high-school fans to the Heltah Skeltah member than vice versa.
Statik does a good job of crafting appropriate sounds for his guests: hes reserved a fittingly raucous sample stab for N.O.R.E. and Lil Fame on East Coast, and a laid-back sax riff adds to the mellow effect of The Spark, a second appearance for both Action Bronson and Joey Bada**. Sonically, one of the more exciting moments is the menacingly nimble bassline and eerie tremoloeffect that Statik has looped up for Prodigy on Pinky Ring. Here, the beat is simply looped without feeling choppy, and the grimy sound is a fitting testament to the work that Havoc and P themselves put forth throughout the 90s.
Extended Play reads much like Statiks past full-length showcase recordsthis is the fifth of its kind since 2007but with 18 tracks and a whopping 38 guests the album might incite a little listeners fatigue in a single session absorption, it functions well as an inspiringly crowded display case of quality Rap in 2013.

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